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20 November 2009
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Enabling links to UNC file paths in Firefox

Links to file UNC paths are disabled by default in just about every browser except Internet Explorer because it is an easily exploitable security vulnerability. Malicious sites could detect your operating system or installed applications by checking default installation paths, or worse, browse your cookies, sifting for sensitive data. As system vulnerabilities are discovered, files related to exploits could also be detected.

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9 September 2009
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Opera > Firefox :: Top features not found in Firefox

Smarter tabs, Opera turbo, widgets, cache control, dragonfly, speed dial, and all the little things like middle mouse clicks to open tabs.

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6 December 2008
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Stop SELinux from blocking flash using iced-tea firefox plugin

If you see this message when firefox tries to load flash content:

SELinux is preventing the npviewer.bin from using potentially mislabeled files (/home/admica/.icedteaplugin/icedtea-plugin-to-appletviewer).

Source Context:
unconfined_u:unconfined_r:nsplugin_t:s0

Target Context:
unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0

Target Objects:
/home/admica/.icedteaplugin/icedtea-plugin-to-appletviewer

Source:
npviewer.bin

Source Path:
/usr/lib64/nspluginwrapper/npviewer.binPort:<Unknown>

Host:
somehost

Source RPM Packages:
nspluginwrapper-1.1.2-4.fc10

Policy RPM:
selinux-policy-3.5.13-26.fc10

Selinux Enabled:
True

Policy Type:
targetedMLS

Enabled:
True

Enforcing Mode:
Enforcing

Plugin Name:
home_tmp_bad_labels

Then do this:  (replace with your home dir)
$ restorecon -v ‘/home/admica/.icedteaplugin/icedtea-plugin-to-appletviewer’
restorecon reset /home/admica/.icedteaplugin/icedtea-plugin-to-appletviewer context unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0->system_u:object_r:nsplugin_home_t:s0
and you should get …

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